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THE POD GENERATRION – Review by Lois Alter Mark

August 7, 2023August 6, 2023 Lois Alter Mark Chiwetel Ejiofor, detachment parenting, Emilia Clarke, Rosalie Craig, scifi, sophie barthes, The Pod Generation

I get that The Pod Generation, Sophie Barthes’ new film about pregnancy in the age of technology, is supposed to be satire; I really do. Yet, instead of laughing, I found myself growing increasingly sad as I watched it. Which doesn’t mean it isn’t good. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s so good, I’m worried it could actually be a foreshadowing of our future. More than a satire, The Pod Generation is a cautionary tale. I wonder what ChatGPT would have to say about it.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Sophie Barthes’ POD GENERATION set for Theatrical Release – Brandy McDonnell reports

May 11, 2023May 12, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Roadside Attractions, sophie barthes, sundance film festival, The Pod Generation, the week in women, twiw, Vertical

Marking their sixth collaboration, Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired North American rights to Sophie Barthes’ futuristic fable The Pod Generation, which won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Barthes’ third feature film is set in the near future world where AI is all the rage and technology has trumped nature in nearly every aspect of life,

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THE POD GENERATION (Sundance FF2023) – Review by Nadine Whitney

February 8, 2023 Nadine Whitney Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, artificial insemination, artificial intelligence, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emilia Clarke, sophie barthes, sundance film festival 2023, The Pod Generation, Vinette Robinson

Near future dystopia/science fiction narratives are not a new concept. Black Mirror created by Charlie Booker capitalised on our collective anxiety about technology and was often prescient about how contemporary society is shaping itself in the Western World. Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation is so adjacent to our future that she incorporates technology from now almost seamlessly. Current generation iPads abound as well as phones that are recognisably the ones most people use at the moment. The “nowness” of Barthes’ vision makes it all the more immediate.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Sophie Barthes wins Sundance’s Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 18, 2023January 19, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, sophie barthes, sundance film festival, The Pod Generation, the week in women, twiw

Writer-director Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation has been named the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize is an annual award given to an artist for the most outstanding depiction of science and technology in a feature film. “The Pod Generation” is an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

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AWFJ Women On Film – The Week in Women, August 7, 2009 – MaryAnn Johanson

August 7, 2009 MaryAnn Johanson 1 Comment alliance of women film journalists, awfj women on film, charlyne yi, cold souls, julie & julia, maryann johanson, paper heart, sophie barthes, the week in women, women film critics

No girl critics allowed, no more chick flicks, and won’t someone please save us from male critics who don’t understand